CIEE January Intensive Language + Culture in Sao Paulo

Location

Brazil: Sao Paulo

Program Summary

Program OverviewThere’s no better place to learn Portuguese than Brazil. Our Winter Intensive Language and Culture program in São Paulo couples a rigorous language program with exciting cultural immersion activities so you develop a higher level of Portuguese language fluency and a critical appreciation of Brazilian life and society. You’ll study with highly specialized linguists who have been with CIEE for more than 10 years, stay with a local family, and go on many excursions to places of cultural significance.

Study abroad in Brazil and you will: - Learn Portuguese while gaining a deeper understanding of the cultural distinctions of Brazil’s southeastern region
- Live in São Paulo, the most socially, economically, and culturally diverse city in Brazil
- Immerse yourself in Brazilian life through a homestay with a local Paulista family
- Visit museums, go to performances, soccer games, Carnival Samba School, and more

Program Summary

Program OverviewThere’s no better place to learn Portuguese than Brazil. Our Winter Intensive Language and Culture program in São Paulo couples a rigorous language program with exciting cultural immersion activities so you develop a higher level of Portuguese language fluency and a critical appreciation of Brazilian life and society. You’ll study with highly specialized linguists who have been with CIEE for more than 10 years, stay with a local family, and go on many excursions to places of cultural significance.

Study abroad in Brazil and you will: - Learn Portuguese while gaining a deeper understanding of the cultural distinctions of Brazil’s southeastern region
- Live in São Paulo, the most socially, economically, and culturally diverse city in Brazil
- Immerse yourself in Brazilian life through a homestay with a local Paulista family
- Visit museums, go to performances, soccer games, Carnival Samba School, and more

Program Highlights

Coursework

Whether you’re a beginner or more advanced speaker of Portuguese, you'll take a range of language courses emphasizing grammar applied through oral production, reading, writing, and listening comprehension activities. A special section of beginner-level Portuguese for Spanish speakers is also offered for students who are fluent, or near- fluent, in Spanish and have had no previous Portuguese instruction.

Homestay

There’s no better way to immerse yourself in Brazilian culture than by living with a local family. After spending orientation in a São Paulo hotel, you’ll enjoy being housed with a homestay for the remainder of the study abroad program.

Excursions

Excursions to fascinating and beautiful locations enhance your understanding of Brazilian culture. Explore the Praça da Sé, or public space; Catedral da Sé, the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo; and Pateo do Colégio, a historic Jesuit church and school. Rent bikes, and eat a picnic lunch in the Parque Ibirapuera, a large city park. And spend a day in Guaruja, a city on the coast of Brazil where you can relax on the beach and swim in crystal clear waters. Students enjoy performing community service projects in disadvantaged communities, attending concerts, Brazilian movies, and museums. You’ll do all this and more with CIEE.